The issue, as I see it, is that police only need to exist if you believe force is an acceptable way to compel people’s behavior. From a nonviolent perspective, the argument can simply end there. People do not need to be policed because force itself should not be used to compel anyone against their will.

And even if you accept the premise that force is sometimes justified, you still have to reckon with the fact that any organization sanctioned to use force will always carry the risk of being captured and repurposed for ends other than its original intent. In my view, that risk is unacceptable. So even on pragmatic grounds, it is better not to create institutions whose defining feature is the sanctioned use of force.

Self-defense is not excluded from non-violent protest.

Fucking blows my mind that one of the WKYK guys made this. I guess if you had a comedy troope in the early 2000s you make horror movies now.

Depends on what kind of radiation. Alpha radiation? You can hold the banana forever, but you better not eat it. Gamma radiation? Kinda fucked either way.

Sure, but they only did it after years of being lied to and propagandized by Hitler and Himmler…

Depression nap = I work 12 to 16 hours a day.

Anxiety = If I can’t make rent, there are no safety nets and I will end up on the streets.

Unhealthy coping Mechanisms = Affordable coping mechanisms.

Social isolation = what adult has time to make friends? Even if I did, there’s dodging the minefield of fascists in my country.

My mental health is not the issue, and I’m tired of pretending it is.

But if you did all those thing, people would say that you’re putting forth a good effort, soo…

You either die a start up or live long enough to become google.

They are literally trying to turn Americans into the Covenant tho. Religious warriors.

It’s not a hard pill to swallow. You’re ignoring that not everyone learns by reading a book. Some people learn be performing actions, some learn by observing instructors. Just because the way that works for you is free doesn’t mean that everyone has access to that.

George Carlin said it best.

Tbh, is because I was probably thinking of something else and needed a second to remember what you just said.

Usually goes something like, “Huh? Oh, blah blah”

Welcome to fascism, where the rules are made up and the crimes don’t matter (unless your enemies do them, then they really really matter).

The wind that’d put into the sails of the gaming industry…

I recently switched to TIDAL as a stop gap to ahem other options, and I’m relatively pleased.

My biggest gripe is it doesn’t let your search your playlists when adding songs on the phone app.

It’s not the best option, but at least they pay artists a little more.

He can play a different character?

I see a lot of “age of consent” comments replying here, but I think you’re right.

If you’re argument here is age of consent, then you must also believe that there was nothing wrong with Jerry Seinfeld dating a highschooler who legally met that age. The issues isn’t consent, it’s that men who date significantly younger women are usually interested more in someone they can control than an equitable relationship.

I’m not saying younger women never have agency in relationships with older men, but truly equitable ones are the exception, not the norm.

I probably wouldn’t believe this if I didn’t listen to the Lolita Podcast by Jamie Loftus. This is a whole podcast series, but everyone should listen to it to better understand how old men often prey on younger women to abuse a less resilient partner.

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-lolita-podcast-73899842/

I just fucking scream at people if they use the “pronouns are hard,” or “I don’t want to learn new information,” excuse.

Just use they. It’s literally less pronouns to remember and you already know it. If you can’t do that, you either have to admit you’re a fucking degenerate moron or you’re a biggot.

As for all this fascist nonsense about sanctuary cities, I live in one. Every time I bring it up, people just suck their teeth and say, “IDK about that, there’s a lot of guns in this city.” These clowns have no idea what they’re getting themselves into.

A movie with Margot Robbie as the lead, no less. I guess women aren’t sexy when they ask for respect and point out systemic issues.

Now that’s a drinking problem.

I’ll see myself out.